Border analysts say searching for illegal guns in cars headed south to Mexico is largely ineffective. Wednesday, law enforcement authorities searched 3000 cars crossing from San Diego to Tijuana and did not find any firearms. KPBS Reporter Amy Isackson has details.

The county grand jury released a report this week advocating for the repeal of The People's Ordinance, which prohibits San Diego from charging city residents a fee for trash pick up. Plus, a task force created by Mayor Jerry Sanders is considering a proposal to expand the 600,000-square-foot San Diego Convention Center. And, President Barack Obama returned home from his trip to Europe and the Middle East. While the president and First Lady Michelle Obama were the toast of Europe, critics at home continue to hammer away at Obama's $787 billion stimulus package.

Earlier this week I highlighted the film "Immobilité" that's being touted as the first "feature-length foreign film shot entirely on a mobile phone." The film by artist Mark Amerikia is showing in The Project Room for New Media at Chelsea Art Museum in New York through May 9, with a remix version exhibited in the Streaming Museum that presents exhibitions in cyberspace. The unique nature of the project inspired me to seek Amerika out for an interview. Here's what he had to say about his provocative new film.

A California lawmaker says the state may be violating its own regulation requiring gas stations to meet new clean air standards. Steve Shadley (SHAD-Lee) explains why State Senator Dave Cox wants to know if gas pumps the state uses to fuel its vehicles are legal.

There's a new group mixing things up in Congress. One San Diego Congressman is dusting off his activist roots and hoping to find a new role for an old brand of politics: Populism. Elizabeth Wynne Johnson reports from Washington.